ADVANCE explains what all those letters mean.

In HIM, there seems to be an abbreviation for everything--policies, agencies, rules and regulations--and you'll need a grasp on them before entering the field. Want to talk like a professional? Our quick guide to HIM acronyms below will help you impress contacts without making your head spin.

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AAPC

American Academy of Professional Coders

ACoS

American College of Surgeons

AHA

American Hospital Association

AHDI

Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity

AHIMA

American Health Information Management Association

AJCC

American Joint Committee on Cancer

AMA

American Medical Association

AMIA

American Medical Informatics Association

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APCs

ambulatory payment classifications

ARRA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

ATA

American Transcription Association

BA

business associate

CAHIIM

Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education

release of information (also return on investment in non-HIM settings)

RVU

relative value unit

RVS

relative value scale

SNOMED CT

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED® is a division of the College of American Pathologists)

SRT

speech recognition technology

TEPR

Toward an Electronic Patient Record

VBC

virtual black character

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Hope Murphy

January 04, 2011

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